[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 184 (Friday, September 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 49438]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24159]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award's Board of Overseers; 
Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, DOC.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 
2, notice is hereby given that there will be a meeting of the Board of 
Overseers of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award on Monday, 
November 8, 1996, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The Board of Overseers 
consists of eleven members prominent in the field of quality management 
and appointed by the Secretary of Commerce, assembled to advise the 
Secretary of Commerce on the conduct of the Baldrige Award. The purpose 
of the meeting on November 8, 1996, will be for the Board of Overseers 
to receive and then discuss reports from the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology with the chairman of the Judges Panel of the 
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. These reports will cover the 
following topics: overview of the 1996 award cycle; report by the task 
force on the 10th anniversary of the program; report of task force on 
public relations; discussions of plans for the 1997 award, develop 
recommendations and report same to the Director of the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology.

DATES: The meeting will convene November 8, 1996 at 8:30 a.m., and 
adjourn at 3:30 p.m. on November 8, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Administration Building Conference Room 
(seating capacity 36, includes 24 participants), Gaithersburg, Maryland 
20899.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dr. Harry Hertz, Director for Quality Programs, National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, telephone 
number (301) 975-2361.

    Dated: September 16, 1996.
Samuel Kramer,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 96-24159 Filed 9-19-96; 8:45 am]
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